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About Lesley

I am a part time Y1 class teacher and part time literacy consultant (specialising in the teaching of phonics and guided reading). I am also the phonics lecturer on the PGCE course at Brunel University. These roles combine to give me a wonderful insight into what does and doesn’t work in developing children’s phonic knowledge and skills, as well as the support and resources practitioners, student teachers and parents are looking for.

Testimonials

Excellent teaching methods, which allowed us to get involved. Thank you for a very informative and useful day. I feel inspired!!!

Lindsay Archer, Teacher, Buckinghamshire

Thank you for another wonderful and worthwhile inset. The TAs were greatly enthused by the work they did with you.

Literacy Subject Leader, Ealing

The inset sessions and work in the school were delivered with enthusiasm and passion. It has helped us to develop staff knowledge/skills considerably. Many thanks.

Simon Hawley, Headteacher, Colham Manor Primary, Hillingdon

After attending one of your phonics training sessions, we changed the way we taught phonics and as a result we performed significantly better in the phonics screening check compared to the previous year. I just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to you as I feel so much more confident in teaching phonics and the training has provided benefits to our school.

Teacher, Buckinghamshire

Fantastic ideas to actually use in the classroom which really brought phonics alive.